a chronicle of my milestones and missteps... my rants and raves... and everything else in between...

A good number of my friends in my social networks fell in love with Tumblr. At the time I learned of it, I already have accounts on similar sites that I didn't find the need to create one. I didn't see any difference plus I couldn't think of a good use for it. I mean, I have Twitter, Plurk and Facebook for my fits of fangirling... and I have Blogger, LiveJournal and WordPress to serve my blogging needs... Why go on Tumblr?

Well, I stumbled upon Brittani Kline's Tumblr account (which seems to be deactivated now) while I was trying to put myself to sleep by doing some random googling (yes, it's my online version of channel surfing). I liked how she created her site: it had a mesh of photos and all things about her life after winning America's Next Top Model Cycle 16. Another random google search revealed that Katie Leung (a.k.a. Cho Chang from the Harry Potter movies) also has a Tumblr account in which she posts all the photos she has taken. I remembered that she pursued her interest in photography after filming the movies and I love what she posted so far. Then, it clicked: I felt the need to create an account and use it as my photo blog. Aside from reading books, I consider photography to be my other love. While I wouldn't call myself a professional, my photographer friends constantly tease me to get a DSLR because of the shots I've taken; some of which are featured on the banner for this site and they were not taken using a DSLR.

Armed with that resolve, it took me around 30 minutes to create everything -- from the blog title to the first post -- and I felt happy after. To date, I've posted around 9 photos and even changed the site's layout. This is what my Tumblr blog looks like:

I guess it is safe to say that I will constantly update my Tumblr as often as I could. I still have a good number of photos in my archives that I haven't shared and I don't think I'll ever stop taking them. So if you have a Tumblr account, you can follow me here. And if you're curious about my title for this blog post, click here.

I know it's way past Christmas and about a few nights short of 2012 but I found this meme fun enough that I don't care. I'm still on my Holiday mode, that's my excuse. :P

Before I share my answers to the meme, I'd like to give a little background on how this started.

My friend, Meann Ortiz, started this on her blog after coming across this question on her Twitter feed:

What Christmas gift would you want to give your favorite literary character?

This inspired her to create the meme, which I came across during one of my out-of-work-mode moments. Her blog post, which I found creative and cool, contained characters and authors from her 2011 Read List on Goodreads. Since I'm also on Goodreads and having exceeded my 2011 Reading Challenge, I figured I had enough characters in my arsenal to give imaginary gifts... Hello, Beauty Queens! ;)

So, without further ado, here is my response to the 12 Days of Literary Christmas meme: